Seriously, I think you're right, they'd die on the spot if they even saw a 20fter, let alone had to fight one off with a truck and bullets! LOL!

I wonder in these situations, what would those big tough guys think if I had been there and walked right up, taken ahold of the boa, reassured them, and walked off with it??? I have males that big!! I have females that are around 10 feet and as thick as my thigh! Before that snake had been mortally wounded, (ie- ran over and then shot) it probably would have been easy to restrain, even by a smaller statured young gal like myself.

The half-cocked way these folks dealt with this boa disappoints me. I would think even an officer would know to call animal control first thing and use the gun as a last resort. However, he probably thought it could be venemous! ;p Even my boyfriend, who is not a boa fanatic like myself, looked over my shoulder and was shocked at the article. "That's a boa isn't it?" I was very proud of him, being able to tell from a little picture that it was NOT a burmese python... so what is a petstore doing NOT knowing that I wonder... wonders never cease! LOL!
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Steph S.

Boas...

1.1 Albino boas (Loki & Hope)

1.4 07 Het. albino boas (Petty & Lady,Sierra,Madeline,Lola)

0.1 Reverse stripe poss. het albino (Cookie)

0.1 Salmon/hypo (Scarlet)

0.1 Anery poss. het snow (Missy)

1.0 Anery (Reno)

1.0 Probable Super Salmontine(Kahn)

0.1 DH Sunglow (Bonnie)

1.1.1 Hypo het anery

1.0.1 Het. Anery (Guy & ?)

0.3 Normals (Ophelia, Sasha, & Lulu)

1.0 Surinames (Solomon & Surreal(deceased)

1.3 Hog Isles (Mr.Orange & Peaches, Tang.)

0.0.1 Central American (Sassy)

0.1 Emerald Tree boa (Jade)

1.0 ATB (Satan... seriously!)

Pythons...

2.1 GTPs (B., Monty & Jewel)

0.0.3 BPs (MJ, Precious, Houdini)

1.1 Carpet Pythons (Jackson & Charlotte)

0.1 Blood python (Akaia)

Misc.

1.1 Mandarin Ratsnakes (Jack & Jill)

1.0 Boxer/Pitt Mutt (Tyson)

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